{"product_id":"seeing-serena-9781982127893","title":"Seeing Serena","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting, revealing portrait of tennis champion and global icon Serena Williams that combines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e biography, cultural criticism, and sports writing to offer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"a deep, satisfying meditation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe most consequential athlete of her time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women's tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and--by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others--changed, too, the racial makeup of the pro game. But Williams's influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about body image, working mothers, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Serena\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Williams's return to tennis after giving birth to her daughter--from her controversial 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka through a 2020 season that unfolded against a backdrop of a pandemic and protests over the killing of Black men and women by the police. Gerald Marzorati, who writes about tennis for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, travels to Wimbledon and to Compton, California, where Serena and her sister Venus learned to play. He talks with former women's tennis greats, sports and cultural commentators--and Serena herself. He observes Williams from courtside, on the red carpet, in fashion magazines, on social media. He sees her and writes about her prismatically--reflecting on her many, many facets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an \"enlightening...keen analysis\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and energetic narrative that illuminates Serena's singular status as the greatest women's tennis player of all time and a Black woman with a global presence like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGerald Marzorati is the author of\u003ci\u003e Late to the Ball\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir about becoming a serious tennis player later in life. He writes regularly about tennis for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e from 2003 to 2010. He previously worked as an editor at the \u003ci\u003eSoho News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. His first book, \u003ci\u003eA Painter of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, won the PEN\/Martha Albrand award for a first book of nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525767467282,"sku":"9781982127893","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66491dee-fc5d-4303-bf12-ae87da1333ca.jpg?v=1731236955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seeing-serena-9781982127893","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}